Mission 665
Pyramid Inside a Pyramid: Dig the Secret Tunnel
Badge: Tunnel Archaeologist
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Build a stepped pyramid around a smaller one, with a tunnel to see inside.
Archaeologists tunnelled into a great pyramid in Mexico and found… another pyramid inside. Build the secret.
- New skill Building a layered cutaway model
- Level 7 · Time Travellers
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Creative
- Time 60 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Build a small stepped pyramid, then wrap a much bigger one right around it as a museum model. Dig an archaeologists' tunnel from the outer stairs to the hidden inner ones, light it with info signs and lead someone through to the big reveal.
Finish line: Your two-layer pyramid model has a lit tunnel and info signs, and you've revealed the hidden pyramid inside.
Bonus challenge: Hide a third, tiny pyramid inside the inner one. In 2016, researchers announced they had detected just that inside the real pyramid.
You’ll need
- Stone blocks
- Stairs
- Torches or lanterns
- Signs
- A calculator
- A family member
You choose
- My museum's name
- Inner stone vs outer stone
- My bet for the blocks in the outer bottom terrace
Stuck?
- Short on time? Make the outer pyramid a 2-block-thick shell instead of solid.
- Terraces uneven? Each one is 2 blocks smaller on every side than the one below.
- Tunnel missing the inner stairs? Mark the inner stair's position on the ground before you wrap it.
For grown-ups
Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 66. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
Print one mission at a time. You never need to print everything.
Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.